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Ignoring King Qi, Duan Cao turned back to the stunned Duan Qian "Do you knohy I hit you?
"I said back then that you only had a superficial knowledge of the path of the i But you didn’t believethe court Now, let me ask you: why must we censure all the officials and nobles of the court, His Majesty included?&8221;
"To protect the laws of the I his cheek, but his answer caive you three points for this answer The nobles and officials all wield great power Their every action is watched by countless people Any rando and horeat influence means that we must keep a close eye on them The moment they step out of line, we censure them
"And if His Majesty, the Son of Heaven, is out of line, we must promptly advise hi the laws of the court is only secondary Ensuring the correctness of the world andthe prosperity of the country is our true duty as imperial censors!!
"If you do not understand this principle, then you will forever be only capable of scraping the surface of what it est son of the Wang Clan has no rank or title According to the rules of the Imperial Court, it is simply impossible to pro this matter, I just knew that this matter would becoiven your stubborn pedantry, I just knew that someone would use you
"The way of the iainst the state Censuring the youngest son of the Wang Clan provides no benefits to the country In contrast, reco that child is of benefit to the court, the state, and the Great Tang, so why should we be restricted by the laws of the court?
"In the final years of the Sui when all the poere fighting for the throne, as it that the Great Tang’s Gaozu was able to rise above the rest? Why was His Majesty the Sage E from all sides? Was it not because they appointed people based on their merit and deeds?&8221;
These words from the Deputy I everyone in the hall dumb Even the stubborn Duan Qian was left speechless, his ape
The duty of the imperial censor was to maintain the laws of the Iraved into his mind
But Duan Cao’s words had completely overturned Duan Qian’s convictions!
The old censor’s eyes were currently cold, and he no longer paid any attention to his stunned descendant
"I don’t care what the rest of you think about this child I, Duan Cao, will simply state that the Imperial Court must reward any merit That child has achieved soschemes to strip him of his rewards… I wholeheartedly reco Clan! Even if no one else supports him, even if all of you oppose, I will definitely support hie clear in his voice
He didn’t care about ordinary court debates or factional disputes, but that child had expended his entire fortune, had reat contribution If the fact that he had no official rank were used to create trouble for him, wouldn’t that bitterly disappoint the people of the world, the people of the southwest?
He had been an i for anyone to throw sand in his eyes Anyone who dared to try and play tricks in this matter was someone he would not let pass
"All of you are valued ministers of the Imperial Court At a time like this, I trust that none of you are influenced by selfishQi, what say you?&8221;
The old censor suddenly turned to King Qi
While King Qi was nor and unyielding eyes caused his resolve to waver He subconsciously turned his head, not daring to aze
"Lord Zhao?
"Lord Sun?
"Lord Li?&8221;
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The old censor’s gaze began to sweep over the gathered aze A few people who had originally objected to rewarding Wang Chong began to runted their approval
"I request His Majesty’s divine judgaze over the officials from the Bureau of Rites did he finally turn around His expression soleure behind the curtain, deep within the hall, and gave a reverential bow
"I request His Majesty’s divine judgment!&8221;
At thisQi and Yao Guangyi had to bow
Silence reigned behind the curtains, but after a fewvoice, as brilliant as the noon sun, rang out through the hall
"We haveto attend court three days from now!&8221;
This voice ruiven his order, a decree was quickly sent out beyond the palace walls and toward the Wang Clan Residence
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"…Given your enormous achievements in the southwest, the iyi, and Abusi, found it inconvenient to speak out As for me and the other officials, we didn’t speak out to avoid appearing biased Thus, the opinions of those imperial censors were critical
"In this court debate, if Imperial Censor Duan Cao had not shown up, I wouldn’t be able to predict how big the ruckus would be&8221;
In the Wang Clan Residence, Wang Gen was sitting upright, looking at his nephew, finding hihty, sloppy, inco Clan had suddenly reversed course, beco Clan Wang Gen had never anticipated this
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1 The position of 中丞 was that of deputy to the head of the censorate, the 史丞 They supervised all i Dynasty, this position seeht, as there arethe position of Deputy Imperial Censor was later appointed to the position of Prime Minister↩